I went into the office today (I've started trying to go in on Fridays - that way I get to touch bases with people, but I still have a couple of days to recover. So far, it's working well.) It's amazing seeing the changes in the building every time I come in - they're changing it over from being exclusively Government offices to commercial space, which so far seems to mean retro-fitting the elevators with disco laminate and lighting and putting in a wall full of plants (vertical wall full of plants - I see this lasting about a month before they start dying off...) Oh, and dynamic fonts on the signage.
I just hope the upcoming bathroom retrofit means that they'll be getting rid of some of the more annoying aspects. I don't know who designed the women's bathroom, but I'm pretty sure that it was a guy who was going through a painful divorce. There's no other reason to put not one, but two metal boxes with sharp edges right at knee level in each of the stalls (thus not only endangering your knees, but reducing spreading capacity), and to make sure that each of the doors are hung so that there is at least half an inch between the door and the wall it's supposed to meet up with. Oh, and making sure that both of the paper towel holders are located at one end of the long line of sinks, all of which are designed so that they will leak and splash water on the counter right where it will get your shirt wet if you lean over to wash your hands. Maybe I don't miss going into the office as much as I thought I did.
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